Reports of electrical outages from Montauk to Wainscott, and all the way up through Shelter Island and the North Fork, rolled in on Thursday morning beginning shortly after 10 a.m.
Widespread Power Outages Hit East End; Senior Facility Opens Doors as Warming Center
February 20, 2025
Tears as Longtime Montauk School Nurse Retires
For Karen Theiss the job of school nurse in Montauk has always been about creating a safe environment for children. “It’s not just fixing,” she said by phone last week, “it’s making better.” Ms. Theiss will retire from her longtime position at the end of June.
February 20, 2025
Police & Courts
Police responded to a drunken brawl on Rolling Woods Court in Wainscott late last Thursday night, where a fight between two men had spilled over into a driveway. One of the two, bleeding from a punch in the face, pushed the other to the ground, "scratching his rib cage," according to the report. Both refused to press charges and declined medical attention.
Feb 20, 2025
As many as 40 burglar alarms were triggered across both residential and commercial properties in East Hampton Town last week, in some places more than once in 24 hours.
Feb 20, 2025
The driver claimed that the weather and icy roads led to the crash, but police said he had failed a roadside sobriety test. He sustained a head injury with minor bleeding, they said, while his passenger was found to be semiconscious.
Feb 20, 2025
Democrats Plan Demonstration as LaLota Visits Montauk
The East Hampton Town Democrats are organizing a demonstration to demand that Representative Nick LaLota hold in-person town hall meetings. The demonstration is planned for Tuesday morning in Montauk, during a press conference about the emergency dredging of the Montauk Inlet, which began over the weekend.
Feb 17, 2025
House-Size Formula Is Ready for Hearing
The East Hampton Town Board, after debating the merits of a handful of formulas to rein in house size, settled on a compromise to take to the public in a hearing on March 6: capping houses’ gross floor area to 7 percent of their lot area plus 1,500 square feet.
Feb 13, 2025
Government
Thomas Gardella has announced his intention to seek a second two-year term as Sag Harbor Village mayor, citing in particular his contributions to environmental work.
Feb 13, 2025
The Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee voted unanimously to write a letter to the East Hampton Town Board calling for the historic preservation of the entire 30-acre property at 66 Main Street, which the town purchased for $56 million last year with community preservation money.
Feb 13, 2025
East Hampton Town Board members discussed how they could further regulate parking in Montauk to create more turnover in the commercial district, allow for better enforcement, and discourage abandoned cars.
Feb 13, 2025
After news last week from the East Hampton Town Board that the Lake Montauk Inlet could undergo emergency dredging by the end of the month, Representative Nick LaLota confirmed Friday that "he has secured a commitment" from the Army Corps of Engineers to begin the work "as early as February 14."
Feb 10, 2025
Arts
Guild Hall Looks to the Summer
Summer will bring artist-made furniture, a solo show by Mary Heilmann, and site-specific environments by Almond Zigmund and Joel Mesler to Guild Hall.
Feb 20, 2025
The Sag Harbor Cinema will honor Rialto Pictures with weekly screenings of classic films by Jules Dassin, Jean Renoir, Carol Reed, Jean-Luc Godard, and others.
Feb 20, 2025
LTV Studios will present two early farces by Anton Chekhov and live music by East End musicians.
Feb 20, 2025
Group shows at the Women's Art Center of the Hamptons and Keyes Art, a curators' tour at SAC, and a single-artwork show at the Parrish.
Feb 20, 2025
Villages
OLA Continues to Advise Residents of Mobile Home Park
The nonprofit advocacy group led a workshop for tenants at the East Hampton Village manufactured home community on Oakview Highway this week so residents can advocate for themselves "to make sure it’s healthier, safer, that you’re able to be in a place that has good roads, regular electric, heat, septic, water,” said Minerva Perez, OLA’s executive director.
Item of the Week: The 1922 Wreck of Eagle Boat 17
For Eagle Boat 17, thick Atlantic fog off East Hampton spelled disaster on May 19, 1922, as it was en route from the naval base at Norfolk, Va., to New London, Conn.
If a Tree Falls In East Hampton, Who Hears It?
A tree once grew in East Hampton. A big tree. A “perfectly healthy tree” that was likely “a couple of lifetimes” old, according to Dave Collins, the East Hampton Village superintendent of public works. Then, a homeowner decided it needed to go and in a spasm of governmental efficiency, it was promptly removed by the state. The tree seems to have fallen victim to a cross-jurisdictional communication gap.
Sports
Feb 20, 2025
